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, ROAD CART. No. 316,902. Patented Apr,. 28, 1886 WITNESSES UNITEDSTATES PATENT QFFICE.

ERNEST E. KRENGEL, OF BUENA VISTA, OREGON.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.316,902, dated April 28,1885.

Application filed August 22, 1884. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST E. KRENGEL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residin g at Buena Vista, in the county of Folk and State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-Carts;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved manner of attaching shafts totwo-Wheeled vehicles so as to prevent the jogging motion of the horsebeing imparted to the body of the vehicle; and to this end my inventionconsists in providing the axle-blocks of a two-wheeled vehicle at theirfront ends with clips and at their rear ends with downwardly andforwardly projecting springs, to the front ends of which are bolted theends of the shaft-iron, said shaft-iron being intermediately bolted tothe clips hereinbefore mentioned.

My invention further consists in the construction and combination of theparts, as will be more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a sectional view.

A represents the ordinary body-springs of a two-wheeled vehicle, towhich are secured blocks B B, to the central portion of which, as shown,is attached the axle C. To the front portion of the blocks B B areattached clips D D, through'which pass bolts for connecting theshaft-iron .E thereto. The shaft-irons are provided on their upper sidenear. their terminal portions with eyes 6, through which pass the bolts61 for connecting the same to the clips. A similar-constructed eye, 0,is formed on the ends of the shaft-irons E for the reception of thebifurcated ends of springs F, the ends of which are bolted to the rearof the block B. By the construction and arrangement hereinbeforedescribed it will be readily seen that the body of the vehicle will beheld in a substantially-horizontal position, and the vertical movementof the end of the shaft iron will be taken up by the springs F.

I claim- 1. In combination with a two'wheeled vehicle, the shaft-irons EE, provided with eyes 0 6, clips d, and sprin gs F, attached to theblocks B, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the thill-irons pivoted to a body block andprovided with rearwardly-extending portions, in combination with aforwardly-projecring spring attached to the end of the thill-iron andbodyblock, substantially as shown.

3. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the blocks B B, having the body-supportingspring and axle attached thereto, and a forwardly-projecting springattached to the end of the thill-iron, said thill-iron at the front endof the blocks, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST E. KBENGEL.

Witnesses:

B. S. CLARK, A. WING.

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